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Are shareholders liable for companies’ debts?

September 22, 2017

A shareholder is not liable for the debts or other obligations of the company except to the extent of any commitment made to buy shares. The benefits of owning shares include a right to participate in profits (through dividends) and the right to share the residue of assets of the company, once liabilities have been paid off, if it is ever dissolved.